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The Umbrella

The Umbrella - Penguin Archive

Short stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

'Then she would feel exposed and cry, as if her life and happiness were ruined for all time, even though she could still hide it from those she only came in contact with by chance or infrequently.'


Longing shimmers from these spare but profoundly moving short stories by one of Denmark's most fearless and sharp-eyed authors. In these tales of inarticulate desire and repression, Ditlevsen pulls to the surface our deepest interiorities in devastating, exacting prose.

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Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241752258
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: Short stories
DEWEY: 839.81372
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 1653
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 72g
Height: 180mm
Width: 110mm
Spine width: 9mm